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Won't ever come to the market IMO.
Agreed. They aren't going to bring anything radical out that isn't a mainstream seller, IMO
Won't ever come to the market IMO.
It sucks too, because a sports car is what saved Mazda's ass in the 90's.
I don't think LFAs or NSXs are exactly flying off the shelf either. Part of the idea of having a halo type car is to get people into the showroom. The RF is a cool little Miata, but we need POWER. Mazda has it in 'em. They've done it before. An FD will take a Supra's lunch money around a road course. Or an NSX, or MR2, or 300ZX, or 3000GT or...
Bring back the glory.
I don't know what to tell you except that Mazda is not following your sound logic and based on recent reports, they are still indeed working on the next gen rotary engine.Ok, so you're not kidding. Hmmm
There are way bigger meets like the ones you linked to for any number of discontinued cars. ~250 cars attending (45 on the track) for a car that was available for decades is just sad.
Die-hard modders and enthusiasts do not equal a market as the people in the links you give are not even close to being prospective new sports car buyers. Bolt-on wings? Really? If you were running Mazda, that would make you invest over $1B to bring out a new car model that would likely never sell more than 1000 units a month? Sorry, there's just no ROI and the brand is sporty enough without it.
Daily driving with a rotary engine is a risky proposition at best. Inherent efficiency problems (pathetically low mileage), inherent reliability problems, inherent power issues, horrible emissions (burns oil by design), teaching people not to flood it.... on and on. Even Mazda abandoned this tech for daily drivers back in the 70's.
With modern emissions and CAFE requirements, the rotary engine is DOA as a primary powerplant.
Here's a pic of my flop with no aftermarket fan base.
Good call thaumaturge. Don't bring anything like this back, Mazda. Keep offering nothing but FWD minivans in SUV clothes instead.
Exactly. Development costs for a new vehicle can run into over 1 billion, but yet were supposed to believe Mazda will invest this type of money into the RX considering how big of a flop the last one was?
This article sums it up well:
http://www.motortrend.com/news/mazda-still-wants-a-rotary-engine-but-profits-come-first/
Visible evidence of self-selection bias, LOL.
I understand and acknowledge people with a passion for individual models like the RX-8. You bought the RX, you own it, you like it, good for you. You're in an exclusive club of people I might call masochists given how much trouble the cars typically give/cost their owners.
Selling what the market wants keeps you in business no matter how boring. If Mazda was the size of Toyota, GM, or even Honda, playing around with a halo sports car they knew would never break even would be okay. For Mazda in their current market position, it's just a fruitless and costly distraction IMHO. We'll see.
Visible evidence of self-selection bias, LOL.
Ha you just hit the nail on the head about the rotary engine! There're too many deficiencies to overcome on rotary engine to be competitive as a modern internal combustion engine in the current era!
Ha you just hit the nail on the head about the rotary engine! There're too many deficiencies to overcome on rotary engine to be competitive as a modern internal combustion engine in the current era!
Lets see what your $60K worth of FWD SUVs does 25 years. My car (that I bought for 6K 10 years ago) is worth around 20k as it sits and gaining value every year.
Keep digging.
Cars in my world are depreciating assets that serve a daily purpose - transportation. I don't buy cars as investment vehicles ( pun intended), and don't give 2 hoots what anybody thinks of my choices.
BTW, until you sell it, you dont really know what it's worth
A quick search and I couldn't find any RX like yours for sale over 16k and most were under 10k. I could however, find numerous parts and cars with no engines. I'm sure a cherry example is worth a lot to someone.
If I were you I would enjoy my car and stop worrying about what other people think.
You don't give a hoot about what people think about your minivan but you wont stop hating on the single best car Mazda ever sold. Idiocy confirmed.
10K is a joke for a halfway decent FD. Take off the hate goggles and look again
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-rx-7-1993-2002-vehicles-107/
I DO enjoy my car and I'll tell any dork on the internet who smack talks it to eat a bag of dicks. If I were you I'd pipe down.